Alan Bleasdale

Alan Bleasdale

Alan Bleasdale is an English screenwriter, best known for social realist drama serials based on the lives of ordinary people. A former teacher, he has written for radio, stage and screen, and has also written novels. His most notable works include Boys From the Blackstuff, The Monocled Mutineer and GBH.

  • Title: Alan Bleasdale
  • Popularity: 6.893
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1946-03-23
  • Place of Birth: Liverpool, England, UK
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Alan Bleasdale Movies

  • 2007
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    The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

    The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

    1 2007 HD

    Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest Television Dramas...

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  • 1981
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    The Muscle Market

    The Muscle Market

    7 1981 HD

    Danny Duggan runs a failing building contractors, and resorts to sub-gangster thuggery to keep the business afloat. However, with the bottom falling...

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  • 1994
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    Blood on the Dole

    Blood on the Dole

    8 1994 HD

    Alan Bleasdale's touching yet frank drama for Channel 4 about the struggles of a group of young adults leaving school in a deprived area of...

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  • 1980
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    The Black Stuff

    The Black Stuff

    7.4 1980 HD

    A Liverpool tarmac gang set off for a contract in Middlesborough. After a day of work, the group are approached by two gypsies who offer them a...

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  • 1975
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    Early to Bed

    Early to Bed

    1 1975 HD

    Alan Bleasdale’s television debut, this beautifully observed drama stars Alison Steadman as a woman having a passionate tryst with the boy next...

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  • 1978
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    Scully's New Year's Eve

    Scully's New Year's Eve

    8 1978 HD

    Scully invites his mates to gatecrash his mum's New Year's Eve party.

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  • 1981
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    A Turn for the Worse

    A Turn for the Worse

    1 1981 HD

    Simon Simpson runs an entertainment agency in Liverpool. At one of his regular auditions in The Bootle Railway Club he sees an aggressive young man...

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  • 1978
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    Dangerous Ambition

    Dangerous Ambition

    1 1978 HD

    Daniel Massey stars as a priest who faces a crisis when the local community turns against him after he is suspected of molesting a young girl who he...

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  • 1994
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    Pleasure

    Pleasure

    8 1994 HD

    Alan Bleasdale's modern re-telling of Madame Bovary. A tale of passion, greed, revenge, and of course pleasure, set in France. Starring Line of...

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  • 1994
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    Self Catering

    Self Catering

    1 1994 HD

    Alan Bleasdale's star-studded comedy/drama about the lives of five plane crash survivors stranded together on a deserted island. Starring Jane...

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  • 1994
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    Requiem Apache

    Requiem Apache

    7 1994 HD

    Alan Bleasdale's comic crime caper for Channel 4 about a former getaway driver desperate to leave his life of crime behind. Featuring Alfred Molina,...

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  • 1998
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    Soft Sand, Blue Sea

    Soft Sand, Blue Sea

    6 1998 HD

    13 year-old David and nine year-old Danni live in a children's home, where despite the best of adult intentions, there is conflict and sudden...

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  • 1985
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    No Surrender

    No Surrender

    6.2 1985 HD

    It's New Year's Eve in Thatcher's de-industrialising Britain. The scene is set at a seedy bar in Liverpool where a group of Irish Protestant and...

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  • 1991
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    Julie Walters and Friends

    Julie Walters and Friends

    1 1991 HD

    Julie Walters stars in new sketches by four accomplished writers who helped make her famous.

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  • 1991
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    G.B.H.

    G.B.H.

    6.333 1991 HD

    GBH was a seven-part British television drama written by Alan Bleasdale shown in the summer of 1991 on Channel 4. The protagonists were Michael...

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  • 1982
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    Wogan

    Wogan

    4.5 1982 HD

    Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable personalities.

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  • 1991
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    Julie Walters and Friends

    Julie Walters and Friends

    1 1991 HD

    Julie Walters and Friends was a one-off comedy sketch show showcasing the talents of actress Julie Walters. Sketches were written by Walters'...

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  • 2014
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    8 2014 HD

    Documentary series that celebrates the incredible careers of the best of British talent.

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  • 1970
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    6.333 1970 HD

    GBH was a seven-part British television drama written by Alan Bleasdale shown in the summer of 1991 on Channel 4. The protagonists were Michael...

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  • 1970
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    7.8 1970 HD

    Alan Bleasdale's five-part series relates the further experiences of unemployed Liverpudlian tarmac layers Dixie, Chrissie, Loggo and Yosser, and...

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  • 1970
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    4.5 1970 HD

    Scully was a British television drama with some comedy elements set in the city of Liverpool, England, that originated from a BBC Play For Today...

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  • 1970
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    5.9 1970 HD

    Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more...

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  • 1970
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    6.3 1970 HD

    Oliver Twist is a 1999 television mini-series produced by ITV based on the book Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.

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  • 1970
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    6.323 1970 HD

    The true story of the Allied ship Laconia, sunk in WWII by a German U-Boat, which then surfaced against orders to rescue the civilian crew

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  • 1970
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    3.5 1970 HD

    Jamie looks after his son Jake while his wife works all hours.

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  • 1970
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    3.5 1970 HD

    Jamie looks after his son Jake while his wife works all hours.

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  • 1970
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    7 1970 HD

    The Monocled Mutineer follows the rebellion that took place at the notorious Etaples Training Camp in northern France on the eve of "The Battle of...

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  • 1970
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    6 1970 HD

    Award-winning war correspondent Guy Foster, distraught after the loss of his first wife, joins a cruise to Cape Town, where he meets beautiful and...

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  • 1970
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    6.3 1970 HD

    Oliver Twist is a 1999 television mini-series produced by ITV based on the book Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.

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  • 1970
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    6.333 1970 HD

    GBH was a seven-part British television drama written by Alan Bleasdale shown in the summer of 1991 on Channel 4. The protagonists were Michael...

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  • 1970
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    6 1970 HD

    Award-winning war correspondent Guy Foster, distraught after the loss of his first wife, joins a cruise to Cape Town, where he meets beautiful and...

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  • 1970
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    6.333 1970 HD

    GBH was a seven-part British television drama written by Alan Bleasdale shown in the summer of 1991 on Channel 4. The protagonists were Michael...

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  • 1970
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    4.5 1970 HD

    Scully was a British television drama with some comedy elements set in the city of Liverpool, England, that originated from a BBC Play For Today...

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  • 1970
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    7.8 1970 HD

    Alan Bleasdale's five-part series relates the further experiences of unemployed Liverpudlian tarmac layers Dixie, Chrissie, Loggo and Yosser, and...

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  • 1970
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    A Life on Screen

    A Life on Screen

    7 1970 HD

    The Monocled Mutineer follows the rebellion that took place at the notorious Etaples Training Camp in northern France on the eve of "The Battle of...

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